notre dame most passing yards in a single season by a single player before the year 2000

Before 2000, Jarious Jackson had the most passing yards for Notre Dame before his 200th season, with 2,753 yards in 1999.

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Jarious Jackson J. Jackson	2,753	1999	ND	12	184	316	58.2	8.7	229.4	17	14	140.3	5.4	4.4
2	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	2,429	1970	ND	10	155	268	57.8	9.1	242.9	16	14	143.2	6.0	5.2
3	Steve Beuerlein S. Beuerlein	2,211	1986	ND	11	151	259	58.3	8.5	201.0	13	7	141.2	5.0	2.7
4	Rick Mirer R. Mirer	2,117	1991	ND	12	132	234	56.4	9.0	176.4	18	10	149.2	7.7	4.3
5	Ron Powlus R. Powlus	2,078	1997	ND	12	182	298	61.1	7.0	173.2	9	7	124.9	3.0	2.3
6	John Huarte J. Huarte	2,062	1964	ND	10	114	205	55.6	10.1	206.2	16	11	155.1	7.8	5.4
7	Joe Montana J. Montana	2,010	1978	ND	11	141	260	54.2	7.7	182.7	10	9	124.9	3.8	3.5
8	Ron Powlus R. Powlus	1,942	1996	ND	11	133	232	57.3	8.4	176.5	12	4	141.3	5.2	1.7
9	Steve Beuerlein S. Beuerlein	1,920	1984	ND	10	140	232	60.3	8.3	192.0	7	18	124.3	3.0	7.8
10	Rick Mirer R. Mirer	1,876	1992	ND	11	120	234	51.3	8.0	170.5	15	6	134.7	6.4	2.6
11	Ron Powlus R. Powlus	1,853	1995	ND	10	124	217	57.1	8.5	185.3	12	7	140.7	5.5	3.2
12	Rick Mirer R. Mirer	1,824	1990	ND	11	110	200	55.0	9.1	165.8	8	6	138.8	4.0	3.0
13	Rusty Lisch R. Lisch	1,781	1979	ND	10	108	208	51.9	8.6	178.1	4	10	120.6	1.9	4.8
14	Jarious Jackson J. Jackson	1,740	1998	ND	11	104	188	55.3	9.3	158.2	13	6	149.5	6.9	3.2
15	Ron Powlus R. Powlus	1,729	1994	ND	11	119	222	53.6	7.8	157.2	19	9	139.2	8.6	4.1
16	Joe Montana J. Montana	1,604	1977	ND	9	99	189	52.4	8.5	178.2	11	8	134.4	5.8	4.2
17	Tom Clements T. Clements	1,549	1974	ND	11	122	215	56.7	7.2	140.8	8	11	119.3	3.7	5.1
18	Kevin McDougal K. McDougal	1,541	1993	ND	11	98	159	61.6	9.7	140.1	7	5	151.3	4.4	3.1
19	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	1,531	1969	ND	10	108	192	56.3	8.0	153.1	13	16	128.9	6.8	8.3
20	Terry Hanratty T. Hanratty	1,466	1968	ND	10	116	197	58.9	7.4	146.6	10	9	129.0	5.1	4.6
21	Terry Hanratty T. Hanratty	1,439	1967	ND	10	110	206	53.4	7.0	143.9	9	15	111.9	4.4	7.3
22	Steve Beuerlein S. Beuerlein	1,335	1985	ND	11	107	214	50.0	6.2	121.4	3	13	94.9	1.4	6.1
23	Rick Slager R. Slager	1,281	1976	ND	10	86	172	50.0	7.4	128.1	11	12	119.7	6.4	7.0
24	Blair Kiel B. Kiel	1,273	1982	ND	11	118	219	53.9	5.8	115.7	3	10	98.1	1.4	4.6
25	Terry Hanratty T. Hanratty	1,247	1966	ND	9	78	147	53.1	8.5	138.6	8	10	128.7	5.4	6.8

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Team Leaders

PASS

963

Carr

RUSH

224

Williams

REC

334

Gilbert

Team Rankings

PPG

42.3

18th

OPP PPG

8.3

3rd

RUSH YDS/G

141.8

112th

PASS YDS/G

275.0

36th

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	ND	@	UNC	12:00 PM
Sat 10/10	STAN	@	ND	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	ND	@	BYU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	ND	@	NAVY	12:00 PM
Sat 11/7	MIA	@	ND	7:30 PM

Last Game

Notre Dame

4 - 0

Final

Purdue

1 - 3

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250